Case Study
Phosphate plant tailings reclamation
Phosphate plant tailings reclamation Description: Dragflow delivered two Remote Controlled Electric Dredges model DRP120 and five additional electric submergible slurry pumps (EL300B, EL604B, (2)EL60B, EL25A) to the biggest phosphate mining company in Morocco. The customer had been looking for an efficient solution for pumping processed phosphate ore tailings back to the plant for reprocessing. Moreover, the dredging operations was necessary in order to maintain the required water capacity of the tailings ponds. Our solution included two electric dredges model DRP120 working inside two tailings dams, are equipped with a pump model EL1204B each. This pump has a capacity of 400m3/h. We included water jets systems to help break the settled materials and increase the overall efficiency o